Problems After Abortion

No matter what you might have heard, the idea
that making abortion legal makes it automatically safe is false. There are
numerous complications associated with abortion, including physical, emotional,
and psychological side effects.

Statistics indicate 10 percent of women
undergoing abortion will suffer immediate complications. One-fifth of
those complications were considered major. (1)

Dr. David Reardon, an expert in the
after-effects of abortion, notes that researchers have reported that three to
five percent of aborted women are left inadvertently sterile as a result of the
operation's latent morbidity. (3) The risk of sterility is even greater
for women who are infected with a venereal disease at the time of the abortion.
(4)

Premature Births

Premature births are more likely after
abortions. This is the reason: During an abortion, the cervix is
artificially opened before it is ready to deliver the baby. As a result,
the cervical muscle is often torn. If the cervical opening and muscle are
torn, the muscle may become weakened. With damage to the muscle, it may
open prematurely, causing the baby to be born before he or she is really ready
to enter the world. (5 & 6)

Psychological Problems

A study of post-abortive women, taken only
eight weeks following their abortions, indicated that 44 percent of the women
were suffering from nervous disorders, 36 percent experienced sleep problems, 31
percent regretted their abortion decisions, and 11 percent had been prescribed
psychotropic medicine. (7)

Other research indicates that women who have
had abortions are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals. The
risk of hospitalization is particularly high for teenagers, separated or
divorced women, and women who have had more than one abortion. (8)